Shortly after a Beyonce Super Bowl halftime performance that LSU football coach Les Miles described on Twitter as "Wow ... Very athletic !!!", the Mercedes-Benz Superdome suffered a power outage for more than 34 minutes that left many wondering "How?"

A tweet late that evening from Beyonce's husband, recording superstar Jay-Z, aptly characterized a connection that was hard not to make after such a high-voltage performance. Jay-Z, or Mr. Carter on Twitter, late Sunday night: "Lights out!!! Any questions??"

The immediate response in the form of a joint statement from power-supplier Entergy New Orleans and Superdome-operator SMG leaves much to be desired as to Monday's most pressing question, "What caused the Super Bowl power outage?"

"A piece of equipment that is designed to monitor electrical load sensed an abnormality in the system," the statement said. "Once the issue was detected, the sensing equipment operated as designed and opened a breaker, causing power to be partially cut to the Superdome in order to isolate the issue. ... Entergy and SMG will continue to investigate the root cause of the abnormality."

On Monday morning, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tried to quiet any talk about a possible connection between Beyonce's performance and the outage.

"There's no indiciation at all that this was caused by the halftime show. Absolutely none." Goodell said. "I know that's been out there to say Beyonce had something to do with it, but that's not the case with anything we have at this point."

But while Goodell tried dispel that notion, CBS Sports' Boomer Esiason, who called the game on radio, only added fuel to the fire. On his morning radio show, Esiason discussed hearing a loud buzzing noise just before the outage and then added a new detail.

"And by the way, Beyonce blew the electric in the Superdome twice, I’m told, during her rehearsals during the week," Esiason said.